The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-07-26
NEW HAMPSHIRE MORALS.
The Arrival of Mr.. Nichols, the
Husband of the Woman
Arrested.
He Tells the Story Of His Wrongs
and What He Has Done to
Redeem His Wife.
RICHARDS-NICHOLs.

This case growing out of the arrest
of C.. A. Richards, of ten cent store
fame, and Mrs. Mary E. Nichols, of
Henniken, N. H.. has caused consid-
cradle of a ripple in legal and bust
ness circles. The charges against
these people are quite serious, that of
cohabiting without going through GER
tain forms of law, known and recog.
nized in civilized society, punishable
if guilty, by fine and imprisonment,
besides the Indignation that will nat
urally arise in 8 moral community
like this, against such offences, as are
charged against the defendants in this
case.
THE INJURED HUSBAND ARRIVES.
81 want to see the color
of mans hair who will
come LOO miles to catch a woman
that had jumped his bed and board,
to follow q timer, said Officer
Shobe, standing on the corner of
Ohio and Second streets in company
with the chief and q BAzoo reporter
about Z 80 a. 10. Yesterday.
Phil Kelly was seen in the distance
motioning Chief Jackson toward
him.
The chief went to Phil, who said ::
"There is a stranger all covered with
dust at your office wanting to see
you"
"That's him." said the chief, and
sure enough when jackson walked in
to his den, a short man, evidently
about forty years of age was pacing
the room like Gagged tiger.
INTRODUCING HIMSELF.
By way of introduction the short
man handed the chief the following
letter:
WARNER, n. H., July 20, 1887.
DEAR SIR The bearer is Charles n.
Nichols, the husband of the woman who
has been the subject OF communications
between us.
Mr.. Nichols is one of our most reputable
citizens Mr.. Nichols business formerly
called him away from home q considerable
part of his time, an it was while he was
thus away that the intimacy between his
wife and this man Calvin A. Richards be-
gan. After time they were detected, and
the wife made full confession of her
criminal intimacy with Richards and was
apparently penitent, and asked her husband
to take her back, which he did but she
did no better, and finally went to Barton to
live, from which place she went to your
city with Richards.
Mr.. Nichols wants two things, ~ to get
evidence on which he can get a divorce,
and (2), he wants to convict both the
parties and send them up for punishment,
and anything short of this will not satisfy
him or his friends here. i trust you will
lend him all the aid needed to secure this
end. Respectfully,
A. P. DAVIS, Attorney at Law.
SUBMITS TO AN INTERVIEW.
"When was you married :" asked
the reporter.
Nichols-I married Mary E. Davis
at Linn. Massachusetts, on Sept. q,
1873.
Reporter-What estranged her
from you?
M can't tell. Railways tried to
be q good husband. I am silver
smith by trade and my business took
me away from home much of the
time, and owing to my absence Rich
ards and my wife took advantage of
this to carry on their schemes of Illicit
love. From this course, / have taken
every means available to redeem her.
R.-What is your object in coming
LOO miles when you expect to give
her up?
M want 10 punish the guilty
pair to the fullest extent Of the law
OF the state.
R.-When did you and your wife
part for good ?
THE DETAILS.
N.-Two years ago-she said she
did not want to live with me. We
had division of our worldly goods.
She left her goods there. The furni-
ture she sent for from Boston, but
previous TO that, / had Richards ar
rested on a civil suit for damages in
October, 1885, for adultery, but /
abandoned the prosecution, and the
case was dismissed. Richards paid
my attorney 800. This was after he
had been arrested and was under
bonds to appear at court; but Rich
ards claimed that it was a put up Job,
and then returned the money to my
attorney and he in turn gave it back
to Richards. went to Boston and
saw my wife in the meantime, and
the damage suit was abandoned.
The whereabouts of Richards was not
known in our vicinity, but / learned
that letters to Richards were sent to
NV wife who forwarded them To him.